Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to employees of a governmental entity that exercises any of the executive powers of the state under the direction of the governor or lieutenant governor.

     (b) This chapter does not apply to the following:

(1) The legislative department of state government.

(2) The judicial department of state government.

(3) The following state elected officers and their personal staffs:

(A) The governor.

(B) The lieutenant governor.

(C) The secretary of state.

(D) The treasurer of state.

(E) The state comptroller.

(F) The attorney general.

(4) A body corporate and politic of the state created by state statute.

(5) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).

(6) An inmate who is working in a state penal, charitable, correctional, or benevolent institution.

(7) The state police department.

     (c) This subsection does not apply to a political subdivision, the ports of Indiana (established by IC 8-10-1-3), or the northern Indiana commuter transportation district (established under IC 8-5-15). The chief executive officer of a governmental entity that is exempt from this chapter under subsection (b) may elect to have this chapter apply to all or a part of the entity’s employees by submitting a written notice of the election to the director.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.121-2016, SEC.2; P.L.219-2017, SEC.12; P.L.8-2019, SEC.11; P.L.43-2021, SEC.15; P.L.9-2024, SEC.95.